Crispy Banana Fritters

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My daughter and I love hosting our own Disney Movie Nights, and recently we planned a Jamaican menu to go with The Pirates of the Caribbean. For an authentic Jamaican dessert, we made these easy banana fritters.

These banana fritters are not fritters in the sense that I know them – I’m used to either crunchy crabcake-style fritters or chewy, filled donuts. These are more similar to a banana pancake recipe.

While the frying is safer to leave to a grown-up, kids can easily mash the bananas and mix together the batter, and then help with sprinkling sugar on the fritters after they are done cooking.

I love exposing children to other cultures through food, and these banana fritters were a huge hit in my house.

How to Make Banana Fritters

Place a frying pan over medium heat with 1-2 Tablespoons cooking oil.

Place the bananas in your mixing bowl and mash well.

Mash bananas with sugar and spices.

Stir flour into banana mixture.

Portion 1/4 cup of batter for each fritter, spacing them out well in the frying pan.
Fry fritters until crisp and brown, and then flip.
When they are squished and no batter comes out, they are done. Remove fritters from pan and place on paper towel to drain excess oil.
Sprinkle with white sugar and eat warm.

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[…] These aren’t fritters in the sense of a donut, they are more a banana-batter pancake dusted with sugar. This is my friend Alecia’s favourite Jamaican dessert and the kids really enjoyed them. I’m sharing the super-easy recipe over on In the Kids Kitchen. […]

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